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𝗔 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. → Started in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 → Acquired for $𝟑𝟐 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 → Became the 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫�

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 Bill Gates once removed the radio from his car. Why? Because he didn’t want anything to take his mind off Microsoft. Back in the 1980s, when Microsoft was still small, Bill gave jou

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝗶 𝗟ü𝘁𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗩𝗖𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 When Tobi Lütke pitched Shopify to investors, they walked away. Their reason? The

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 Most founders fall in love with their ideas. Apoorva Mehta killed 20 before finding the one that worked. His secret? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐧�

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 Markus Villig was just 19 when he took on Uber. No experience. No investors. Just a bold idea and €𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 borrowed from his parents. Today, his company, 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐭, is w

𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟳𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. Then, staring at his empty fridge, he got a 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚. The problem? He missed the 𝐘 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 deadline and needed funding FAST.

𝗠𝗣𝗟 𝘃𝘀. 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝟭𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫 By the late 2010s, fantasy gaming in India exploded. Cricket obsession, cheap internet, and digital pa

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗼𝘀. But there’s another founder who’s playing a game at a whole different level. He builds 𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭% 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Ever wondered why some startups 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝? It

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑. Two engineers start 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 to build electric cars. The dream? 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮